X posts there (but I still don't know where the Italians come into things)
Rosemary Bennet strikes a chord with me. however finding a "a clear connection between high levels of qualifications among mothers, low levels of happiness and satisfaction, and higher levels of stress and tiredness." is rather extreme. I know many University-educated mothers whose children get encouragement and support in their studies without being subjected to pressure cooker regimes.
What strikes me about the regime of the real "tiger mothers" is how they are aiming to turn out, not a human being but a hand-fabricated machine for Success, with a capital S. No making friends and having fun, no joy, no time to stop and stare. what a life!
( "Her rules are simple. No grade below an A is acceptable; no activity that is not educational or developmental is ever undertaken. There are no play dates and definitely no sleepovers. In her regime there was no life outside school except violin and piano practice." )